31.8.11

DÍA-FRAGMA, FÁBRICA DE PELÍCULAS in association with ORUGA ANIMATION STUDIOS presents IN AUGUST, a fifteen minute short film in 2D and 3D animation which was two years in the making. The film was written and directed by Andrés Barrientos and Carlos Andrés Reyes. Produced by Daniel García. Oruga Executive Producer Pedro Tosin. Music composed by Sergio A. Trujillo and the band Sinapis.

L.12.12 is the iconic short sleeve pique polo created in 1927 by René Lacoste where each number represents a coded element of design.
The celebrations are taking place in several cities across the world, where local artists are invited to create a piece of art inspired by the famous polo. In Singapore comes in the form of Lacoste in Motion, in which 12 Singapore-based digital story-tellers were commissioned by Lacoste to create a piece of moving graphics that relate the values and the heritage of the L.12.12 polo. In addition, 3 musicians from the region were invited to create sound tracks to accompany the moving visuals.

“I wanted to create something epic for my collaboration with ABSOLUT. I feel it was important to attempt to enhance the silhouette of the iconic ABSOLUT bottle shape, as after all, shape, proportion and silhouette are the building blocks for any designer. I began by thinking of an ‘ABSOLUT Gareth Pugh’ and I decided to choose an outfit from my archive, something that I feel captures the essence of my work which I could use to ‘dress’ the ABSOLUT Mode Edition bottle and in a very abstract way” - Gareth Pugh

For AW11 Plectrum by Ben Sherman collection, with Dazed & Confused Magazine, we rounded up six of the most dynamic Brits living in the Big Apple. Each Englishman chose his own clothes from the season's collection and was shot in his New York neighbourhood.

24.8.11

In collaboration with Soho House, Crane.tv chats to fashion designer Jonathan Saunders about his rise to fame and why he'll always remember his first day at Central Saint Martins. Fashion wonderboy Saunders has done it all - and in a short amount of time too. Since graduating from St. Martins in 2002 he has been awarded the Fashion Enterprise Award at the British Fashion Awards, worked with Alexander McQueen, Pheobe Philo and Christian Lacroix and exhibited at both New York and London fashion week, picking up countless celebrity fans along the way.

18.8.11

A certain air of romance, art and lust in the latest song of the New Zealand indie band. The song is taken from the debut album, Passive Me, Aggressive You.
Directed by Joel Kefali & Campbell Hooper for Special Problems.

"In Portugal, the Azulejo tile is more than a mere decorative element of little intrinsic value. It has been an important medium for Portuguese artistic expression for more than five centuries."
History is once again retold, this time inserted in the "add fuel to the fire" universe - the work of Diogo Machado; where the Azulejo tile is turned into a mass of colour, characters, shapes and details.

17.8.11

your life is your life, don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. be on the watch. there are ways out. there is a light somewhere. it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness. be on the watch. the gods will offer you chances. know them.
take them. you can’t beat death but you can beat death in life, sometimes. and the more often you learn to do it, the more light there will be. your life is your life.
know it while you have it. you are marvelous, the gods wait to delight, in you.
- Charles Bukowski (1920 – 1994)

“The Postmodern collection references post inspired items like the striped mailman shirt, the mailman blazer and Post Danmark logo sweaters. I really enjoy working with uniforms but it can leave a collection looking a bit hard, so I softened up the feeling for spring/summer by adding roses to the inspirational mix.” - Silas Adler, Soulland designer.

10.8.11

"I find inspiration in everything. It all goes into the mix and comes out the other side as a simple image. I am especially interested in the notion that everything is in constant flux. Through our best efforts at preservation people attempt to make things permanent, but nature relentlessly breaks everything back down and creates new forms. Technology is important as we are now reaching a point where the social concept of reality is in the process of being completely overhauled." - Nick Gentry